Shore-anchor.



N0. 897,787. PATBNTED SEPT. l, 1908.

J. J. RYAN.

SHORE ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1908.

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.essary to provide an anchor-post at a parinafter described and defined 1n the appended lindrical body portion 10 for a metal post,

. lower end thereof, said 'extension havinga Spiral thread-like formation 10b thereon, for

narra ren.

JOHN JAMES RYAN, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.,-

SHORE-ANCHOR.

Specification `of Lettersv Patent.

Patented Sept. l, 1908.

Application led January 10, 1908.` Serial Ne. 4111,09@`

To all vwhom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that l, JOHN JAMES RYAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Memphis, in the county of Shelby` and State of Tennessee, have invented. new and useful Details of Construction for a Shore-Anchor, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

This invention relates to stationary/means for temporarily anchoring ioating vessels or other floating objects along the shore of a stream.

For the temporary holding of a vessel, raft or other floating object close to the shore of a river or other Waterway, it is often found necticular point; and the object of my present invention is to provide novel features of construction for a device of the character indicated, which are simple and practical, and afford a very secure shore-anchor that may be readily placed in position and removed, as may be desired, a further object being to provide additional noveland advantageous details of construction for the shore-anchor patented by me November 17, 1896 Number 571,624.

' The invention consists` in the novel construction and combination of parts, as is hereclaims. y a V.

Reference is to be had to the accompany-- ing drawings forming a part of this specification, Vin whlch similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the improved anchor in position for service; Fig. 2 isl an enlarged sectional plan view of one example of my improvement, taken sub` stantially on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, substantially on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of a slightly changed novel detail, and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of`details, on the line 5-5 in Fig. 2, taken at right angles tothe section-line 3 3 in'said figure.

The anchor comprises a preferably cy,-

which is formed with a radial collar a thereon at a suitable distance from the normall upI per end of said body, and below the co lar a there is an integral extension 10a of the bod that tapers somewhat toward the normal y Coperatingwith the base late 11 is an anchor plate 12, consisting of a flat blade of` plate metal, having a'flange 12a bent ata 'right angle along one transverse edge.

A flat bar 12b, formed of suitable metal, is at oneend thereof lapped u on and secured to the fiange 12a, thus provi( ing an arm thereon which is secured upon the base plate 11, by

means best shown-in Figs. 2 and 5, whichy will be described. A clamping plate 13 is offset at two points d on one side thereof, thus affording a flat central rejection d thereon which is so proportioned) said projection for insertion within the slot c, the off-sets d having a loose contact with the side edges of said slot. l

t will be seen that the o-set projection d has its level upper surface flush with the upper surface of-` the base vplate 11 thatis ad-y jacent to the slot c, and uponthese alined surfaces another clamping p ate 14 is seated. Centrally in the lowersideof the clamping in width as to adapt plate 14, a channel e is longitudinally formed,

aving a width and de th which insertion thereinto of t e arm 12 when the clamping plate 14 is seated upon the base plate 11.

The clamping plate 14 is perforated `at spaced intervals near'each side edge thereof, inY registry with similar peifor'ations in the lower clamping plate 1?', these perforations receivingv bolts g, whereon are nuts g, and it will be seen that b l adjustment of said nuts, the clam ing p ates 13, 14, will be forciblyclamped upon ythe Yarm 12b, ,thus securing it and the anchor blade 12, rejected laterally from the base. plate, said lade eirtenlding downward for embedment in the soi Upon the upper end of the post 10, an an-` gular formation 7L is roduced, whereona lever Wrench of suitable length, not shown, may be placed, and afford means for rotatpermits the` ing the post and effecting its screwed inser tion into the soil in an erect position, thus embedding the de ending fiange 12 thereinto,and Whenfu y embedded, the anchor blade 12 is sunken into the ground and serves to support the post against lateral 'draftstrain. A

A clevis link z' isloosely secured upon the post 10, a short distance above the collar a,

affording means for securing a` cable from a vessel in connection with the anchor post, andfor effective service, the co-acting anchor blade 12 and the arm 12b should be disposed directl opposite the line of. draft on the clevis lin In some situations, it may be found necessary to employ a plurality of the anchor posts 10, either owing tol the soft condition of the soil, the weight and size of the object to be anchored, or the swiftness of the stream. To this end, any desirednumber of the anchor posts are employed, these being arranged in sequence, spaced apart, and all connectedtogether by one or more coupling bolts 15.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a slightly changed construction of the arm that connects the anchor blade With the body 10 of the anchor post.` f

' In either Iconstruction of thel arm, itY is mounted and secured upon the anchor blade `12, as already described, and the latter is 1 embedded in the soil asbefore explained, for

. `lateralsupport of the anchor post.

T-he devlce is capablegof serving as a support for 'tem orary or permanent buildings where the so is `loose and easily penetrated,

` also it available in hydraulic mining; or

road bed grading, for which service a swivel connection m may be employed for connecting a nozzle branch ipe 16, with'the top `of the ost body, as in icated in Fig. 1.

aving described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: 1. The combination with a post having a threaded lower portion and a collar thereon, of a base late having a radial slot therein, a eriphera depending flange thereon, said ase late being mounted'upon the post below t e collar, an arm extended from the base plate, an anchor blade depending from the outer end of the arm, andmeans for closing the slot in the base plate.

2. The` combination with a post having a threaded lower portion and a'collar thereon above the thread, of a radially slotted base plate, a peripheral depending` flange on said ase plate, an anchor blade, an arm on said blade, and clamping means for securing said arm radiallyv rojected from the base plate,

said means a so closing the slot therein.

3. The combination with an anchor post having a thread on its lower portion, a collar thereon above the thread, and a clevis link on the postl above the collar, of a base late having a depending flange on its perip ery, said base plate being radially slotted, an arm, a depending anchor blade on the outer end of said arm, and clamping plates for securing the arm on the base plate over the radial slot, said clamping plates also closing the slot.

' 4. In a device of the character described,

the cooperative anchoring device, com rising a forkedarm, a keeper plate Secura le on members'of the fork, and an anchor plate se- JOHN JAMES RYAN.

Witnesses:l

RoB'r. S. PARKS, JENNIE W. DAURIAC. 

